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kamalam

kamalam noun: synonym of dragonfruit, pitaya, pitahaya (a fruit).

Noun

kamalam (plural kamalams)

  1. (India, South-Asia) Synonym of dragonfruit, pitaya, pitahaya (a fruit)

Synonyms of kamalam

Forms of kamalam

pluralkamalams

Origin of kamalam

From Sanskrit कमलम् (kamalam), from कमल (kamala, “lotus”). Coined by the government of Gujarat, from looking like a lotus blossom, since they did not like the term dragon fruit.

Questions about kamalam

What does kamalam mean?
Kamalam means synonym of dragonfruit, pitaya, pitahaya (a fruit).
What part of speech is kamalam?
Kamalam is a noun.
What is the plural of kamalam?
The plural of kamalam is kamalams.

Words near kamalam in the dictionary

  1. Kamakshi
  2. Kamakura
  3. kamal
  4. kamala
  5. Kamalabad
  6. kamalam
  7. Kamalamentum
  8. kamalams
  9. Kamalanomenon
  10. Kamalanomics
  11. Kamalarai

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